Television

Netflix’s ‘Love’ takes a bow after three seasons

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]Most[/dropcap] real-life love stories don’t have the fairytale ending often portrayed in television, which is why it’s probably a good thing Netflix’s Love has concluded after only three seasons.

Features

Pope Francis to visit a changed Ireland

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]ope Francis is scheduled to come to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families in August 2018. However, he is coming to a country that is very different to the ‘catholic Ireland’ that the last Read more…

Opinion

Living in Dublin: a luxurious cost

April 4, 2018

The sad reality is, student accommodations have the power to do this. They take advantage of vulnerable families and students who are forced to pay this money so they have a roof over their heads for the year. Read more…

National News

Campaign launched for warning labels on takeaways

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]C[/dropcap]hinese takeaways and ready meals should carry health warning labels on their packaging and menus for high salt content, according to health campaign group Action on Salt.

Features

Light sabers light up children’s ward

April 4, 2018

<dropcap>T</dropcap>he capacity to show kindness is perhaps what defines goodness: for one young man who battled brain cancer, this capacity allows him to give back to the hospital ward that treated him in a novel Read more…

Music

DCU Glee dazzle at the Helix

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Helix hosted incredible singing and dance routines as DCU’s Glee performed on Monday 26th March.

Articles

Ready Player One novel falls flat

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]You[/dropcap] could debate for days about book to movie adaptations. Ernest Cline’s ‘Ready Player One’ leaps from pages to the silver screen in Ireland on March 30th, a release that is highly anticipated due to Read more…

Style

Is Ballet an under appreciated art?

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]Ballet[/dropcap] itself is an artform, with the human body being used in a similar manner to that of the paintbrush of an artist or the voice of a singer; conveying passion, grace, elegance and physical Read more…

Music

George Ezra’s ‘Staying at Tamaras’

April 4, 2018

[dropcap][/dropcap]E[dropcap][/dropcap]nglish singer George Ezra released his first album in 2014, immediately receiving high-praise and reaching number one in the UK charts. Though he’s 24, his deep and rich voice makes it hard to believe he is anything Read more…

Film

Red Sparrow: empowering but inconsistent

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]The[/dropcap] release of Francis Lawrence’s film, Red Sparrow has received a series of mixed reviews since its initial release on February 28, 2018.

Articles

The Wombats at the Academy

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]Last[/dropcap] month, the Wombats took to The Academy to give Irish fans a night to remember. The band’s long awaited show was extremely well received, an obvious fact made clear by the large audience that Read more…

Books

The dramatic poetry of award-winning Leonita Flynn

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast month, poet Leonita Flynn won the Irish Times Poetry Now award for her collection ‘The Radio’. Previous winners such as Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Sinéad Morrissey and Caitríona O’Reilly show that she is up Read more…

Television

The rise of tv dating shows

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]Love[/dropcap] is something we all want to find. It is also something we want to watch people find. We love a good love story. This, perhaps, is one of the fundamental reasons for the huge Read more…

Features

Could Cambridge influence the 8th?

March 28, 2018

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen social media drives the agenda of campaigns to support worthwhile charities, like the ‘no make up selfie’ for cancer, or the ‘ice bucket challenge’ for ALS, the reaction from the masses is generally one Read more…

Features

Temporarily out of service

March 28, 2018

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n March 2nd, as temperatures fell and images of snowmen and igloos filled news-feeds, the video of a JCB digger pulling the roof off of a South Dublin Lidl supermarket stood starkly in contrast. Later, Read more…

The Hype

Behind the artist: Sarah Bahbah

March 21, 2018

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]rtist and photographer Sarah Bahbah embraces a style of coming-of-age art that appeals to the Instagram generation through narrative images of self-expression, portraying an overall message of female empowerment.